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Was this the E-Mail that Took Down RSA?

26

Aug

2011

“I forward this file to you for review. Please open and view it.” As a ploy to get a hapless EMC recruiter to open up a booby-trapped Excel spreadsheet, it may not be the most sophisticated piece of work. But researchers at F-Secure believe that it was enough to break into one of the most […]

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The truth behind the Shady RAT

05

Aug

2011

McAfee published an interesting report yesterday about what they called Operation Shady RAT, focusing on a series of what some may call “advance persistent threat” attacks. The attacks were dubbed in some quarters as “one of the largest series of cyber attacks ever.” While quite a bit of data was presented regarding the potential scale […]

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Win32/Delf.QCZ:Trust Me, I’m Your Anti-Virus

04

Aug

2011

Among the many different trojans that spread on Facebook, something popped up recently that caught our particular attention. The threat, detected by ESET as Win32/Delf.QCZ, is interesting for several reasons. Distribution First, let’s look at the distribution vector. Win32/Delf.QCZ relies on the old “fake codec/media player trick” and links to the malware-laden site are […]

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